LevelOne FBR-1418TX User Manual

LevelOne FBR-1418TX User Manual

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FBR-1418TX
1W, 4L Broadband Router
User Manual
V3.0

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  • Page 1 FBR-1418TX 1W, 4L Broadband Router User Manual V3.0...
  • Page 2: Fcc Interference Statement

    Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................1 1.1 F .......................1 UNCTIONS AND EATURES 1.2 P ..........................3 ACKING 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION....................4 2.1 P ...........................4 ANEL AYOUT 2.2 R ....................5 ESET TO FACTORY EFAULT 2.3 P ................6 ROCEDURE FOR ARDWARE NSTALLATION 3. NETWORK SETTINGS AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..........7 3.1 M ..........7 ORRECT...
  • Page 4 4.7 A ......................40 DVANCED ETTINGS 4.7.1 System Time ........................41 4.7.2 System Log ........................42 4.7.3 Dynamic DNS ........................43 4.7.4 SNMP Setting.........................45 4.7.5 Routing Table .........................46 4.7.6 Schedule Rule........................48 4.8 T ..........................51 OOLBOX APPENDIX A ...........................55 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 ..............55 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS XP...............60...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Congratulations on your purchase of LevelOne FBR-1418TX Broadband Router. This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing, and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual.
  • Page 6: Security Functions

     DMZ Host supported let a networked computer be fully exposed to the Internet; this function is used when special application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly.  Statistics of WAN Supported Enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets Security functions ...
  • Page 7: Packing List

     UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)Supported The router also supports this function. The applications: X-box, Msn Messenger. 1.2 Packing List  FBR-1418TX  Power Adapter (DC 5V / 1 ~ 1.2A)  CAT-5 Cable ...
  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    2.1 Panel Layout  Front Panel LED: Function Color Status Description System Status LED is flashed once per Status status Green Blinking second to indicate system is alive. indicators The WAN port is linked. WAN port Green The WAN port is sending or activity Blinking receiving data.
  • Page 9: Reset To Factory Default

    Ethernet router. Port 1-4 The ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices. Reset button allows you to reset the FBR-1418TX. RESET 2.2 Reset to factory Default There are 2 methods to reset to default. Restore with RESET button First, turn off the router and press the RESET button in.
  • Page 10: Procedure For Hardware Installation

    1. Decide where to place your Broadband Router You can place your FBR-1418TX Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.
  • Page 11: Network Settings And Software Installation

    MS Windows platform (Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP). 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer Please make sure your PC can get IP address automatically so the FBR-1418TX can communicate with your PC during configuration. ...
  • Page 12: Configuring Broadband Router

    LevelOne FBR-1418TX provides Web based configuration scheme that is, configuring by your Web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms.
  • Page 13: Start-Up And Log In

    4.1 Start-up and Log in Start your Web browser. In the Address box, enter FBR-1418TX’s Default IP Address: http://192.168.1.1 Login page After the connection is established, you will see the web user interface of this product. There are two appearances of web user interface: for general users and for system administrator.
  • Page 14: Status

    4.2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product’s working status: A. WAN Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a “Renew” or “Release” button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually. B.
  • Page 15: Wizard

    4.3 Wizard “Next>” Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press Auto Detecting WAN...
  • Page 16 Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.4.1 primary setup.
  • Page 17: Basic Setting

    4.4 Basic Setting Main page of Basic Setting 4.4.1 Primary Setup – WAN Type, Virtual Computers Press “Change”...
  • Page 18 Choose WAN Type This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type and “Save” before you start. 1. LAN IP Address: the local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the LAN IP address of your product as their Default Gateway.
  • Page 19 A. Static IP Address WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS: enter the proper setting provided by your ISP. B. Dynamic IP Address Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew your IP address automatically when the lease time is expiring-- even when the system is idle.
  • Page 20: Telstra Bigpond

    C. Dynamic IP Address with Road Runner Session Management.(e.g. Telstra BigPond) LAN IP Address is the IP address of this product. It must be the default gateway of your computers. WAN Type is Dynamic IP Address. If the WAN type is not correct, change it! Host Name: optional.
  • Page 21 D. PPP over Ethernet PPPoE Account and Password: the account and password your ISP assigned to you. For security, this field appears blank. If you don't want to change the password, leave it empty. PPPoE Service Name: optional. Input the service name if your ISP requires it. Otherwise, leave it blank.
  • Page 22 PPTP 1. My IP Address and My Subnet Mask: the private IP address and subnet mask your ISP assigned to you. 2. Server IP Address: the IP address of the PPTP server. 3. PPTP Account and Password: the account and password your ISP assigned to you. If you don't want to change the password, keep it empty.
  • Page 23 L2TP 1. IP Mode: The IP Mode assigned by your ISP. You can select either Static IP Address or Dynamic IP address. 2. My IP Address and My Subnet Mask: the private IP address and subnet mask your ISP assigned to you when your IP Mode is Static IP Address.
  • Page 24: Virtual Computers

    Virtual Computers Click “Primary”  “Virtual Computer” Virtual Computer enables you to use the original NAT feature, and allows you to setup the one-to-one mapping of multiple global IP address and local IP address.  Global IP: Enter the global IP address assigned by your ISP. ...
  • Page 25: Dhcp Server

    4.4.2 DHCP Server “More>>” Press The settings of a TCP/IP environment include host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not easy to manually configure all the computers and devices in your network. Fortunately, DHCP Server provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the function of DHCP server.
  • Page 26: Change Password

    1. DHCP Server: Choose “Disable” or “Enable.” 2. Lease Time: this feature allows you to configure IP’s lease time (DHCP client). 3. IP pool starting Address/ IP pool starting Address: Whenever there is a request, the DHCP 4. Server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer.
  • Page 27: Forwarding Rules

    4.5 Forwarding Rules Main Page of Forwarding Rules...
  • Page 28: Virtual Server

    4.5.1 Virtual Server This product’s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping.
  • Page 29: Special Ap

    4.5.2 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony, etc. Because of the firewall function, these applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. The Special Applications feature allows some of these applications to work with this product. If the mechanism of Special Applications fails to make an application work, try setting your computer as the DMZ host instead.
  • Page 30: Miscellaneous Items

    4.5.3 Miscellaneous Items IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and other special applications.
  • Page 31: Security Settings

    4.6 Security Settings Main page of Security Settings...
  • Page 32: Packet Filter

    4.6.1 Packet Filter Packet Filter enables you to control what packets are allowed to pass the router. Outbound filter applies on all outbound packets. However, Inbound filter applies on packets that destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host only. You can select one of the two filtering policies: 1.
  • Page 33: Inbound Filter

    For source or destination IP address, you can define a single IP address (4.3.2.1) or a range of IP addresses (4.3.2.1-4.3.2.254). An empty implies all IP addresses. For source or destination port, you can define a single port (80) or a range of ports (1000-1999). Add prefix "T"...
  • Page 34 Example 2:  (1.2.3.100-1.2.3.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are all allowed. “Save” After Inbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the button.
  • Page 35: Outbound Filter

    Outbound Filter: To enable Outbound Packet Filter click the check box next to Enable in the Outbound Packet Filter field. Example 1:  (12.3.100-12.3.149) They are allowed to send mail (port 25), receive mail (port 110), and browse Internet (port 80); port 53 (DNS) is necessary to resolve the domain name. ...
  • Page 36 Example 2: (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are allowed “Save” After Outbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the button.
  • Page 37: Domain Filter

    4.6.2 Domain Filter Domain Filter Allow you to prevent users under this device from accessing specific URLs. Domain Filter Enable Check if you want to enable Domain Filter. Log DNS Query Check if you want to log the action when someone accesses the specific URLs. Privilege IP Addresses Range Setting a group of hosts and privilege these hosts to access network without restriction.
  • Page 38 Example: In this example: Privilege IP address range: X.X.X.1~ X.X.X.20 can access network without restriction. 2. URL include “www.msn.com” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 3. URL include “www.sina.com” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file. 4.
  • Page 39: Url Blocking

    4.6.3 URL Blocking URL Blocking will block LAN computers to connect to pre-defined Websites. The major difference between “Domain filter” and “URL Blocking” is Domain filter require user to input suffix (like .com or .org, etc), while URL Blocking require user to input a keyword only. In other words, Domain filter can block specific website, while URL Blocking can block hundreds of websites by simply a keyword.
  • Page 40 Enable Checked to enable each rule. In this example: 1. URL include “msn” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 2. URL include “sina” will be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file 3. URL include “cnnsi” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file. 4.
  • Page 41: Mac Address Control

    4.6.4 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a certain MAC address. MAC Address Control Select “Enable” to enable the “MAC Address Control”. All of the settings in this page will take effect only when “Enable”...
  • Page 42 Control table "Control table" is the table at the bottom of the "MAC Address Control" page. Each row of this table indicates the MAC address and the expected IP address mapping of a client. There are four columns in this table: MAC Address MAC address indicates a specific client.
  • Page 43: Miscellaneous Items

    4.6.5 Miscellaneous Items Remote Administrator Host/Port In general, only Intranet user can browse the built-in web pages to perform administration task. This feature enables you to perform administration task from remote host. If this feature is enabled, only the specified IP address can perform remote administration.
  • Page 44: Advanced Settings

    4.7 Advanced Settings Main Page of Advanced Settings...
  • Page 45: System Time

    4.7.1 System Time Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol Select if you want to Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol. Sync Now: Synchronize system time with network time server Time Server: Select a NTP time server to consult UTC time Time Zone: Select a time zone where this device locates.
  • Page 46: System Log

    4.7.2 System Log This page support two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog(UDP) and SMTP(TCP). The items you have to setup including: IP Address for Syslog Host IP of destination where syslogs will be sent to. Check Enable to enable this function.
  • Page 47: Dynamic Dns

    4.7.3 Dynamic DNS To host your server on a changing IP address, you have to use dynamic domain name service (DDNS). So that anyone wishing to reach your host only needs to know the name of it. Dynamic DNS will map the name of your host to your current IP address, which changes each time you connect your Internet service provider.
  • Page 48 Example: “save” After Dynamic DNS setting is configured, click the button.
  • Page 49: Snmp Setting

    4.7.4 SNMP Setting In brief, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. Enable SNMP You must check either Local or Remote or both to enable SNMP function. If Local is checked, this device will response request from LAN.
  • Page 50: Routing Table

    4.7.5 Routing Table Routing Tables allow you to determine which physical interface address to use for outgoing IP data grams. If you have more than one routers and subnets, you will need to enable routing table to allow packets to find proper routing path and allow different subnets to communicate with each other.
  • Page 51 Example: Configuration on NAT Router Destination SubnetMask Gateway Enabled 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.123.216 ˇ 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.123.103 ˇ So if, for example, the client3 wanted to send an IP data gram to 192.168.0.2, it would use the above table to determine that it had to go via 192.168.123.103 (a gateway), And if it sends Packets to 192.168.1.11 will go via 192.168.123.216 Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually.
  • Page 52: Schedule Rule

    4.7.6 Schedule Rule You can set the schedule time to decide which service will be turned on or off. Select the “enable” item. “Add New Rule” Press You can write a rule name and set which day and what time to schedule from “Start Time” to “End Time”. The following example configure “ftp time”...
  • Page 53 After configure Rule 1 Schedule Enable Selected if you want to Enable the Scheduler. Edit To edit the schedule rule. Delete To delete the schedule rule, and the rule# of the rules behind the deleted one will decrease one automatically. Schedule Rule can be apply to Virtual server and Packet Filter, for example:...
  • Page 54 Example1: Forwarding Rules  Virtual Server – Apply Rule#1 (ftp time: everyday 14:10 to 16:20) Example 2: Security Setting  Outbound Packet Filter – Apply Rule#1 (ftp time: everyday 14:10 to 16:20).
  • Page 55: Toolbox

    4.8 Toolbox Main Page of Toolbox...
  • Page 56: Firmware Upgrade

    4.8.1 System Log You can View system log by clicking the View Log button 4.8.2 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade firmware by clicking Firmware Upgrade button.
  • Page 57: Backup Setting

    4.8.3 Backup Setting You can backup your settings by clicking the Backup Setting button and save it as a bin file. Once you want to restore these settings, please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved. 4.8.4 Reset to default You can also reset this product to factory default by clicking the Reset to default button.
  • Page 58 4.8.6 Miscellaneous Items MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-LAN is a technology that enables you to power up a networked device remotely. In order to enjoy this feature, the target device must be Wake-on-LAN enabled and you have to know the MAC address of this device, say 00-11-22-33-44-55.
  • Page 59: Tcp/Ip Configuration For Windows 95/98

    This section introduces you how to install TCP/IP protocol into your personal computer. And suppose you have been successfully installed one network card on your personal computer. If not, please refer to your network card manual. Moreover, the Section B.2 tells you how to set TCP/IP values for working with this NAT Router correctly.
  • Page 60 6. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol. A.2 Set TCP/IP Protocol for Working with NAT Router 1. Click Start button and choose Settings, then click Control Panel. 2.
  • Page 61 3. Click Properties button to set the TCP/IP protocol for this NAT Router. 4. Now, you have two setting methods: a. Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab. b. Don’t input any value in the Gateway tab.
  • Page 62 c. Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab. B. Configure IP manually a. Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of this product is 192.168.1.1. So please use 192.168.1.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field.
  • Page 63 b. In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product (default IP is 192.168.1.1) in the New gateway field and click Add button. c. In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button.
  • Page 64: Tcp/Ip Configuration For Windows Xp

    Checking TCP/IP Settings - Windows XP 1. Select Control Panel - Network Connection. 2. Right click the Local Area Connection and choose Properties. You should see a screen like the following: Network Configuration (Windows XP) 3. Select the TCP/IP protocol for your network card.
  • Page 65 4. Click on the Properties button. You should then see a screen like the following. TCP/IP Properties (Windows XP) 5. Ensure your TCP/IP settings are correct. Using DHCP To use DHCP, select the radio button Obtain an IP Address automatically. This is the default Windows setting. Using this is recommended.

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